![](GAMETRACKERBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYRECLIVEBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYTWEETSSvechnikov's lacrosse goal leads Carolina past Calgary 2-1RALEIGH, N. C. Andrei Svechnikov scored twice in the final 10:47, including a spectacular lacrosse-style goal that tied it, and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied to beat the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Tuesday night.Svechnikov earned a spot in the highlight reels by bringing the puck behind the net, scooping it up on his stick blade, lifting it to chest-level and tucking it over goalie David Rittich's right shoulder.He followed that with a power-play connection with 7:25 remaining - his second goal with the man advantage in two games - to help the Hurricanes win their second straight and beat ex-coach Bill Peters for the first time in three tries.Elias Lindholm scored against his former team for the second straight year and David Rittich made 26 saves for the Flames. They started their five-game road swing with two straight losses and have dropped four of six. Peters left Carolina before last season to take over as Calgary's coach and won both meetings last year.Petr Mrazek stopped 28 shots - including three in the final 90 seconds - and helped kill a tripping penalty to Dougie Hamilton with 2:32 to play.The Hurricanes average 3.27 goals and have scored at least two of them in every game, and none were more impressive than Svechnikov's first. That one filled the highlight reels. The next one won it.He took a feed from Hamilton in the circle and snapped the puck past Rittich, giving the second overall pick in the 2018 draft his second career power-play goal.All three goals were scored by players picked by the Hurricanes in the first round.Lindholm was the target of boos all night from the Carolina fans - especially after his one-timer with 6:56 left in the first, his team-leading eighth goal, put the Flames up 1-0.Lindholm, taken by the Hurricanes with the fifth overall pick in 2013, spent his first five NHL seasons with Carolina but was dealt to Calgary before last season as part of the five-player trade that sent Hamilton and Micheal Ferland to the Hurricanes.He has scored in each of his two games as a visitor at PNC Arena, and after his first game back last season, Lindholm mocked his former team's "Storm Surge" celebration by sarcastically clapping over his head on his way off the ice.NOTES: Carolina celebrated with a trick-or-treat-themed ''Storm Surge'' with D Jake Gardiner handing out candy to his teammates from between the benches. ... Hamilton has points in five straight games. ... Calgary C Mikael Backlund thought he scored a goal 1:48 after Lindholm did, but it was disallowed after Carolina successfully challenged that Flames LW Matthew Tkachuk was offside on the play. ... The game was played on the 20th anniversary of the day PNC Arena opened.UP NEXTFlames: Continue their five-game road swing Thursday night at Nashville.Hurricanes: Continue a four-game homestand Friday night against Detroit.---More NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
The Carolina Hurricanes have put together a strong first month of the season, and that comes with some limited contributions from expected key players.The Hurricanes will conclude their October schedule with Tuesday night's game against the Calgary Flames in Raleigh, N. C.Carolina needs to defeat Calgary to match the franchise records for wins (eight) and points (17) in the month of October. Both those marks were set in the team's championship season of 2005-06, when the Hurricanes went 8-2-1 in the season's first month."Our group has been competing hard all year, it's just that we've had some lulls," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said.The Hurricanes might finally be tapping into more of their offensive resources.Andrei Svechnikov scored twice, and Nino Niederreiter registered his first goal to go with an assist in Saturday's 4-0 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks. Sebastian Aho notched two assists for his first multi-point outing of the season.Niederreiter experienced the second-longest, season-opening goal drought of his nine-year career."I'm getting paid to score goals, and if they don't go in, it's frustrating," Niederreiter said. "It's very tough to not get frustrated. You try to stay with it." Svechnikov, a second-year player, produced his first NHL power-play goal."I feel like I got lucky a little bit on that shot," he said.Dougie Hamilton has 12 points (six goals, six assists) in the first 11 games. He's the first defenseman in the franchise to accomplish that since 1984-85.Tuesday night's matchup marks the return of coach Bill Peters to Raleigh, N. C., where he coached the Hurricanes prior to leaving for the Calgary job during the 2018 offseason.The Flames have gone through some rough offensive stretches as well. They've scored more than two goals in only two of their last five games (2-2-1)."We'll see what we need to get cleaned up," Peters said.The Flames will go against a Carolina team that has won two of its last five games, both of those results coming with shutouts.Calgary is coming off Saturday night's Heritage Classic, a 2-1 overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets in an outdoor game in Regina, Saskatchewan. It was the first NHL game in the city.Peters said he hopes that experience, despite the outcome, serves as a motivator and perhaps bonding experience. He also said line changes made for the Winnipeg game will mostly stay in place for Tuesday's tilt.The Flames say they need to work harder for better results."They don't give you two points for playing well most of the game," left wing Matthew Tkachuk said. "You've got to finish it off." On Saturday, Calgary received its goal from center Elias Lindholm, who has a team-leading seven goals. He's in his second season with the Flames after spending his first five NHL seasons with Carolina.The Hurricanes switched to a more conventional 12-forward, six-defenseman lineup in Saturday's game. Afterward, they sent forward Brian Gibbons back to Charlotte of the American Hockey League, though he was recalled again Monday.This will be the second contest of a four-game homestand for the Hurricanes.--Field Level Media
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